J.J. Abrams Trailer - "Cloverfield"

[Fresh Tendrils]

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To get back to blaming it all on Rob (all his friends dying), if he didn't answer/pull out his cellphone while they were all running across the bridge, they all would have died - not just Jason.

[The C]

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Just like I Am Legend, it's only told from one persective so we shouldn't know everything that's going on.

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Well, if you want to you could explain it. Will Smith was a scientist working on a cure for the Vampire stuff. So we had some basic knowledge of what went down and why it is happening. Maybe for Cloverfield 2: Clove Harder, we can get the perspective from someone like a news reporter or a soldier who is strapped with a camera on his head. That is only if you are sticking with the mock-documentary style.

If you go into standard style you could follow around one of the Generals that are calling the shots and have him get constant updates on the monster. Although, that could get very ham fisted and awkward.

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To get back to blaming it all on Rob (all his friends dying), if he didn't answer/pull out his cellphone while they were all running across the bridge, they all would have died - not just Jason.

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They would have died sooner!

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I think this is partly what makes this a much different experience from most movies... the fact that things aren't always coincidentally there for the people of only normal capabilities in these 85 minutes that we watch. It makes it more realistic in a sense.

First off im not complaining because i enjoyed the movie, but come on man you know good and well some of it didnt make sense.

As far as the camera action, some of it was bad, not because it was a handi-cam but some blurred out sequences or panning around the room for no reason wasn't ... well it was a bit over jerky.

[Blzer]

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First off im not complaining because i enjoyed the movie, but come on man you know good and well some of it didnt make sense.

As far as the camera action, some of it was bad, not because it was a handi-cam but some blurred out sequences or panning around the room for no reason wasn't ... well it was a bit over jerky.

I just think this movie had an incredibly realistic tone from the hand-held camera's sake, and I have zero complaints about it. To be honest, I couldn't care less if we learn more about the monster. In a way, I think it might be worse. It's like learning more about Jigsaw... not only does it not matter, but it starts to make him look like the good guy. It's just something that I really don't care about.

However, I would have adored another good 20 minutes of movie. No, not necessarily past the end (I thought the end was great, BTW), but just in the middle.

And to anybody that's seen Psycho (who hasn't?), I haven't ever once heard anybody complain about the main character dying midway through the movie. Similarly, the "abrupt" ending (which actually wasn't so abrupt if you paid attention to some of the stuff before it) in Cloverfield was pretty good.


Maybe its some bias I have for this movie... but I just thought it was awesome. I know you're not complaining, I'm just trying to give reason for what makes those parts good.

[Tomba]

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Can i just say one thing
































Clove Harder

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To get back to blaming it all on Rob (all his friends dying), if he didn't answer/pull out his cellphone while they were all running across the bridge, they all would have died - not just Jason.

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They would've made it. That part just got his brother killed. He never told his mom it was because he wanted to stay on the bridge when the cops and military specifically told them to keep moving.


The rest is him weirding out and taking hsi friends back for the girl when he again should've followed the military

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I just think this movie had an incredibly realistic tone from the hand-held camera's sake, and I have zero complaints about it. To be honest, I couldn't care less if we learn more about the monster. In a way, I think it might be worse. It's like learning more about Jigsaw... not only does it not matter, but it starts to make him look like the good guy. It's just something that I really don't care about.

However, I would have adored another good 20 minutes of movie. No, not necessarily past the end (I thought the end was great, BTW), but just in the middle.

And to anybody that's seen Psycho (who hasn't?), I haven't ever once heard anybody complain about the main character dying midway through the movie. Similarly, the "abrupt" ending (which actually wasn't so abrupt if you paid attention to some of the stuff before it) in Cloverfield was pretty good.


Maybe its some bias I have for this movie... but I just thought it was awesome. I know you're not complaining, I'm just trying to give reason for what makes those parts good.

except for the fact that there is no coincidence of people from all around complaining of vertigo.

sure it gave it a realistic feel, but at some point they should've stedi-cammed the movie.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I didn't have any problem with the camera work either. My friend said he felt nauseas though.

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I didn't have any problem with the camera work either. My friend said he felt nauseas though.

I didn't either as far as sickness is concerned.

I really wish they had this movie on IMAX

[Blzer]

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except for the fact that there is no coincidence of people from all around complaining of vertigo.

sure it gave it a realistic feel, but at some point they should've stedi-cammed the movie.

I thought it was obvious that this whole movie was supposed to be from one camera. If it weren't, it would have lost a lot of luster (at least, in my eyes). At first I heard that the first scene was supposed to be of people recovering the SD card and watching it from there, which I would have totally despised. I'm happy it was done the way it was.

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I had no issue with that as much as i did the overdone shaking. Even a jittery hand coffee drinker would've been better.

That scene where the horse was strolling down the street was a great shot.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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I didn't either as far as sickness is concerned.

I really wish they had this movie on IMAX

I didn't either, but for movie screen standards our theater sucks. It is never proportioned right so it doesn't fill up the entire screen which might of helped. I didn't think it was that big of a deal anyways

[jmood88]

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I had no issue with that as much as i did the overdone shaking. Even a jittery hand coffee drinker would've been better.

That scene where the horse was strolling down the street was a great shot.

For most of the movie they are running and wondering about what's coming at them. No one would be able to hold the camera steady during a situation like that.

[Blzer]

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jmood88, I had a hard time understanding how your reply was in response to that post of mine. Was there some sort of agreement/disagreement in there? LOL I'm lost.

[jmood88]

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jmood88, I had a hard time understanding how your reply was in response to that post of mine. Was there some sort of agreement/disagreement in there? LOL I'm lost.

Sorry, I meant to quote KDRE.